Intro 
D Dmaj7 G A (repeat)


Verse 1:
 G            A          D              Bm            G          A
 Two months is too little they let him go they had no sudden healing
G             A                D                  Bm           
 to think that providence would take a child from his mother while 
    G            A     A
she prays is appalling 


Verse 2:
 G          A               D                 Bm                   
 who told us we'd be rescued what has changed and why should we be 
G          A
saved from nightmares
 G           A                D       Bm               G
 we're asking why this happens to us who have died to live it's 
 A      A
 unfair this is what it


(chorus)
  D           Dmaj7       G               A        D               Bm 
  means to be held how it feels when the sacred is torn from your life
     F#7          G               D        Dmaj7       G      
 and you survive this is what it is to be loved and to know that the 
 A                D          Bm        F#7    G
 promise was when everything fell we'd be held
 
Verse 3:
G           A          D                   Bm              G       
This hand is bitterness we want to taste it let the hatred numb our 
A
sorrow
G             A            D               Bm             G     A
 the wise hand opens slowly to the lillies of the valley and tomorrow 
  A
  this is what it (chorus)


Bridge
  C#m        A      Bsus   B   C#m        A     Bsus    B
 If hope is born of suffering  If this is only the beginning can we 
not
 C#m7          G#/B#        E          A         Bb
 wait for one hour watching for our savior ____ This is what it


 chorus
 F            Fmaj7       Bb              C         F               
  Means to be held how it feels when the sacred is torn from your 
 Dm
life and 
 Am7         Bb              F         Fmaj7        Bb            
 you survive this is what it is to be loved and to know that the 
C
promise
           F        Dm        Am7    Bb
 was when everthing fell we'd be held__
F Fmaj7      Bb       C         F   Dm  Am7  Bb               F
  _______yeah______eah  we'd be held  oh-oh  this is what it is to be 
 Fmaj7
loved
        Bb             C               F         Dm        Am7    
 and to know that the promise was when everthing fell we'd be 
    Bb
held_____-

F  Fmaj7 Bb C               F           Fmaj7 Bb csus F
            this is what it means to be held